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Benefits of Bilingual Blogs When teaching strategies for cultural competence it is important to use real-life materials. And, blogs are a real-life resource. Bloggers use real-life language. I call it unguarded language. It is not grammatically correct. It is not organized like a book. But, it is someone bleeding on a page. Multi-lingual bloggers bring…
10 Strategies to Empower You Are you planning to move abroad? Are you working in a global marketplace or for a global company? Heck! Have more foreign born people moved into your neighborhood? If so, then this blog is the place to be! I know that in recent years, I my neighborhood has become more culturally…
I am not old school. In fact, I may be old-fashioned in some ways. But not old school. The thought of cubicles and grey walls with bright overhead lights makes me think of prison. First, let me list the types of work I have done. Retail — A Seattle-based company called International News, in a…
So you want to teach a language, but don’t want to use the millions of apps or textbooks. Or maybe you have used up all the apps and textbooks and now want to provide a real-world experience to your students. Language learning is always the most effective for students when acquired by immersion. When faced with a sink…
Day 1 – Kul Kuls Last year, after 27 years in the United States of America, I decided to tackle the homesickness I feel every year around Christmas! I miss Christmas back in Bombay – there is simply no other place I would rather be. But life dictates otherwise. So in order to battle the…
Since the pandemic began we have been having an ayurvedic tea called ‘kashai’. Ayurvedic recipes are ancient Indian healing recipes. They are used to cure a variety of illnesses. This is not to say that science and modern medicine has no place. It does. However, ayurvedic remedies are more to boost up your immune system…
It is a long way to Rotorua from my corner in Maryland, but my love for different cultures drew me to this place. My friends in Hamilton, New Zealand being the fabulous people they are, took time off to take us to this bucket list place! Rotorua is situated on a volcanic plateau in the…
A Bandra Ritual You can take me out of Bandra for 30 years but you cannot take Bandra out of me. I know this sounds cliche. But it is true. There are certain things that make up a Bandra resident. My favorite memory is eating street food. It is the best! Never mind the grime,…
It is all in the details. You are a mom or dad. You send your kid to school everyday. Most likely you have a fairly international group of kids in your kid’s class. How do you teach your kid not to be a jerk when it comes to other cultures? It starts at home. Documentaries…
Three years ago on this day, I was walking a treewalk in a town called Rotorua, in the North Island of New Zealand. My iPhone photo app triggered this post by reminding me of where I was and the pictures I took at that time. I had promised to capture that day in the form…
